New study makes unsettling discovery about supposedly harmless household products: 'There's very little that people can do'
It's in our clothing, everyday household products, and even in our water.
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It's in our clothing, everyday household products, and even in our water.
A recent study found bottled water is laden with tiny plastic bits and associated chemicals.
Americans consume a credit card's worth of microscopic plastic particles every week.
If you're eating protein, you could be ingesting hundreds of tiny pieces of plastic each year, research finds. A new study by researchers with the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto found microplastics - tiny particles ranging from one micrometer (one thousandth of a millimeter) to half a centimeter in size - in nearly 90 percent of protein food samples tested.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The
A new study shows, in some cases, 100 times more bits of plastics in our water bottles than originally thought.